Tracy pot probe leads to arrest

Friday

Aug 2, 2013 at 12:01 AM

TRACY - The Tracy Police Department's SWAT team and members of the Alameda Police Department arrested a man Thursday who was wanted in connection with an elaborate marijuana growing operation in Tracy, authorities said.

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TRACY - The Tracy Police Department's SWAT team and members of the Alameda Police Department arrested a man Thursday who was wanted in connection with an elaborate marijuana growing operation in Tracy, authorities said.

Police served search and arrest warrants in the 1800 block of Chestnut Street in Alameda, officials said. Loc Nguyen, 32, of Alameda was arrested on suspicion of cultivation of marijuana and theft of utilities, police said.

Since the beginning of June, the Tracy Police Department's Special Investigations Unit has served about 15 search warrants at locations identified as residential marijuana growing operations, officers said. Nguyen has been linked to four of those locations, authorities said.

Police have obtained arrest warrants for a number of other people as a result of their investigation, officers said. Authorities continue to pursue leads related to the suspects' whereabouts and other possible marijuana growing locations, police said.